Texas on the Potomac » Super PAChttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac
Washington news with a Texas accentFri, 13 Feb 2015 22:20:13 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2Top Houston Obama donors lead fundraising for pro-Clinton PAC ‘Ready for Hillary’http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/05/top-houston-obama-donor-leads-fundraising-for-pro-clinton-pac-ready-for-hillary/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/05/top-houston-obama-donor-leads-fundraising-for-pro-clinton-pac-ready-for-hillary/#commentsWed, 29 May 2013 01:18:12 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=65923http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/05/top-houston-obama-donor-leads-fundraising-for-pro-clinton-pac-ready-for-hillary/feed/0Anti-incumbent Super PAC targets Lamar Smith for defeat in 2014http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/04/anti-incumbent-super-pac-targets-lamar-smith-for-defeat-in-2014/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/04/anti-incumbent-super-pac-targets-lamar-smith-for-defeat-in-2014/#commentsWed, 10 Apr 2013 15:16:15 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=62599http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/04/anti-incumbent-super-pac-targets-lamar-smith-for-defeat-in-2014/feed/0Super PACs batter Canseco, Gallego with new attack adshttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/10/super-pacs-batter-canseco-gallego-with-new-attack-ads/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/10/super-pacs-batter-canseco-gallego-with-new-attack-ads/#commentsTue, 30 Oct 2012 20:20:36 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=48125http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/10/super-pacs-batter-canseco-gallego-with-new-attack-ads/feed/0Club for Growth buys more ad time for Cruzhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/07/club-for-growth-buys-more-ad-time-for-cruz/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/07/club-for-growth-buys-more-ad-time-for-cruz/#commentsMon, 23 Jul 2012 16:59:24 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=40111http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/07/club-for-growth-buys-more-ad-time-for-cruz/feed/1Ted Cruz leads the nation in support from independent expenditure committeeshttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/ted-cruz-leads-the-nation-in-support-from-independent-expenditure-committees/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/ted-cruz-leads-the-nation-in-support-from-independent-expenditure-committees/#commentsSun, 15 Apr 2012 17:24:43 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=34525
Independent expenditure committees have spent more supporting Ted Cruz than any other candidate for a Senate seat. But it still might not be enough for him to be the Republican nominee.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/ted-cruz-leads-the-nation-in-support-from-independent-expenditure-committees/feed/3Obama to blame for rising gas prices, GOP Super PAC claims in swing state ad buyhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/obama-to-blame-for-rising-gas-prices-gop-super-pac-claims-in-swing-state-ad-buy/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/obama-to-blame-for-rising-gas-prices-gop-super-pac-claims-in-swing-state-ad-buy/#commentsWed, 11 Apr 2012 14:03:52 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=34246A new advertising campaign by Crossroads GPS blames rising gasoline prices on President Barack Obama. ]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/obama-to-blame-for-rising-gas-prices-gop-super-pac-claims-in-swing-state-ad-buy/feed/1Houston-based super PAC targeting more Texas incumbentshttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/houston-based-super-pac-targeting-more-texas-incumbents/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/houston-based-super-pac-targeting-more-texas-incumbents/#commentsSun, 08 Apr 2012 16:10:46 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=33963The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a non-ideological political action committee, is working on behalf of underfunded challengers without the financial wherewithal to defeat entrenched incumbents. It’s part of the PAC’s stated goal of educating voters and diminishing the power of incumbency.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/houston-based-super-pac-targeting-more-texas-incumbents/feed/0Stephen Colbert kicks off college Super PACs with the University of Texashttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/stephen-colbert-kicks-off-college-super-pacs-with-university-of-texas/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/stephen-colbert-kicks-off-college-super-pacs-with-university-of-texas/#commentsTue, 03 Apr 2012 12:21:59 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=33628
When Paul Benefiel, a sophomore at the University of Texas –Austin, emailed Stephen Colbert last December, he had no idea he would be kicking off a national movement.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/04/stephen-colbert-kicks-off-college-super-pacs-with-university-of-texas/feed/2FEC gives Rick Perry wide latitude to use leftover presidential funds for other political purposeshttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/03/fec-gives-rick-perry-wide-latitude-to-use-leftover-presidential-funds-for-other-political-purposes/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/03/fec-gives-rick-perry-wide-latitude-to-use-leftover-presidential-funds-for-other-political-purposes/#commentsThu, 22 Mar 2012 22:47:17 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=32756
A Perry-run Super PAC might be on the horizon after the Federal Electoral Commission voted Thursday to allow Texas Gov. Rick Perry to transfer about $500,000 in unspent funds from his failed presidential bid to either begin his own Super PAC or to replenish his state political committee’s coffers.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/03/fec-gives-rick-perry-wide-latitude-to-use-leftover-presidential-funds-for-other-political-purposes/feed/1Santorum’s biggest Texan supporter is a family-owned tomato business … but probably not for longhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/02/santorums-biggest-texan-supporter-is-a-family-owned-tomato-business-but-probably-not-for-long/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/02/santorums-biggest-texan-supporter-is-a-family-owned-tomato-business-but-probably-not-for-long/#commentsTue, 28 Feb 2012 16:14:17 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=30581
While Texas billionaires such as Bob Perry, Harold Simmons and Stephen Oskoui have poured millions into the campaigns of Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, Rick Santorum’s biggest supporter in Texas is CEO of a family-owned tomato business.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/02/santorums-biggest-texan-supporter-is-a-family-owned-tomato-business-but-probably-not-for-long/feed/0